Lesi sigaba siphenya izinga lomuntu lokuxhashazwa kwezilwane—indlela thina njengabantu ngabanye nemiphakathi esithethelela ngayo, esisekela, noma esimelana ngayo nezinhlelo zonya. Kusukela kumasiko amasiko nokuncika kwezomnotho kuye empilweni yomphakathi nezinkolelo zomoya, ubudlelwano bethu nezilwane bubonisa izindinganiso esiziphethe kanye nezakhiwo zamandla esihlala kuzo. Ingxenye ethi “Abantu” ihlola lokhu kuxhumana, iveze ukuthi inhlalakahle yethu ixhumene ngokujule kangakanani nezimpilo esizibusayo.
Sihlola ukuthi ukudla okusindayo kwenyama, ukulima kwezimboni, nochungechunge lokuhlinzekwa komhlaba wonke kulimaza kanjani ukondliwa kwabantu, impilo yengqondo, kanye nomnotho wendawo. Izinkinga zempilo yomphakathi, ukungavikeleki kokudla, nokuwohloka kwemvelo akuzona izehlakalo ezingazodwa—kuyizimpawu zesimiso esingenakubekezelelwa esibeka phambili inzuzo phezu kwabantu neplanethi. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, lesi sigaba sigqamisa ithemba noguquko: imindeni yezilwane ezidla inyama, abasubathi, imiphakathi, nezishoshovu ezicabanga kabusha ubudlelwano babantu nesilwane futhi zakha izindlela zokuphila eziqinile nezinozwela.
Ngokubhekana nezimiso zokuziphatha, amasiko, kanye nemithelela engokoqobo yokusetshenziswa kwezilwane, nathi sibhekana nathi. Hlobo luni lomphakathi esifuna ukuba yingxenye yalo? Izinqumo zethu zibonisa noma zikhaphela kanjani izindinganiso zethu? Indlela eya ebulungisa—ezilwaneni nakubantu—iyafana. Ngokuqwashisa, uzwela, kanye nesenzo, singaqala ukulungisa ukunqanyulwa obhebhethekisa ukuhlupheka okungaka, futhi siye ekusaseni elinobulungisa neliqhubekayo.
Ubudlelwano phakathi kwesihluku sezilwane kanye nokuhlukunyezwa kwezingane kuyisihloko esinaka kakhulu eminyakeni yamuva. Ngenkathi zombili lezi zinhlobo zokuhlukunyezwa ziphazamisa futhi zinyanyekayo, ukuxhumana phakathi kwazo kuvame ukunganakwa noma ukungaqondakali. Kubalulekile ukuqaphela ukuxhumana phakathi kwesihluku sezilwane kanye nokuhlukunyezwa kwezingane, ngoba kungasebenza njengesibonakaliso esiyisixwayiso nethuba lokungenelela kwasekuqaleni. Ucwaningo selukhombisile ukuthi abantu abenze izenzo zobudlova ezibhekiswe ezilwaneni kungenzeka futhi basebenzise udlame kubantu, ikakhulukazi abasengozini enkulu njengezingane. Lokhu kuphakamisa imibuzo mayelana nezimbangela eziyisisekelo kanye nezinto ezingozini zazo zombili izindlela zokuhlukumeza, kanye nomphumela ongenzeka emphakathini ophelele. Le ndatshana izongena ebudlelwaneni obuyinkimbinkimbi phakathi kokuhlukunyezwa kwezilwane kanye nokuhlukunyezwa kwezilwane, ukuhlola ukwanda, izibonakaliso eziyisixwayiso, kanye nemiphumela engaba khona ukuze kuvikelwe nokungenelela. Ngokuhlola lokhu kuxhumana nokuchitheka ...